diff --git a/bin/ion_start_meshroom.sh b/bin/ion_start_meshroom.sh
index 54de022e..c0df8951 100644
--- a/bin/ion_start_meshroom.sh
+++ b/bin/ion_start_meshroom.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### retrieve version ###
+if [ -z "$ION_CONTAINER_ROOT" ]; then
+ exit
+fi
+
+#retrieve container hash from path
+HASHID=`echo $ION_CONTAINER_ROOT | grep -Po '/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]+'`
+
+#retrieve file name using hash
+CONFIGNAME=/mpc/ion/ci_metadata/${HASHID}/build_info*.json
+
+#Try to retrieve version number from build info
+VERSION=""
+if test -f $CONFIGNAME; then
+ VERSION=`cat $CONFIGNAME | jq .container_info.general.release_tag | xargs -n1 echo`
+fi
+
+### Launch meshroom ####
 PATH_QML=${ION_CONTAINER_ROOT}/base/qml/QtQuick
 PATH_QML_TRUE=`readlink -f $PATH_QML`/../
 PATH_PLUGIN=${ION_CONTAINER_ROOT}/base/imageformats/
@@ -7,5 +25,6 @@ PATH_PLUGIN_TRUE=`readlink -f $PATH_PLUGIN`/../
 
 export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=$PATH_QML_TRUE:$QML2_IMPORT_PATH
 export QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$PATH_PLUGIN_TRUE:$QT_PLUGIN_PATH
+export ION_MESHROOM_VERSION=$VERSION
 
-python ${ION_CONTAINER_ROOT}/base/meshroom/meshroom/ui
+python ${ION_CONTAINER_ROOT}/base/meshroom/meshroom/ui "$@"
diff --git a/meshroom/__init__.py b/meshroom/__init__.py
index 76c499a3..51a05ee3 100644
--- a/meshroom/__init__.py
+++ b/meshroom/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ if __version_status__ is VersionStatus.develop:
     # Allow override from env variable
     if "REZ_MESHROOM_VERSION" in os.environ:
         __version_label__ += " package=" + os.environ.get("REZ_MESHROOM_VERSION")
+    elif "ION_MESHROOM_VERSION" in os.environ:
+        __version_label__ += " container=" + os.environ.get("ION_MESHROOM_VERSION")
 
 
 # Internal imports after the definition of the version